COCKATOO BACKS BRAND PHOENIX

Following the recent purchase of the Normans stable of brands and winery, Cockatoo Ridge Wines has confirmed that distribution of the wines (which includes NXG) will stay with Brand Phoenix in the UK.

Ivan Limb, managing director of Cockatoo Ridge Wines (which currently sells in excess of 400,000 cases of Australian wines worldwide), added that the winemaking team had also been secured: Natasha Mooney, chief winemaker for Normans and NXG, has signed with Cockatoo Ridge. Importantly, Natasha will now also have access to over 150 hectares of company-owned vineyards and a blending facility in the Barossa Valley.'

Greg Wilkins, director of Brand Phoenix, said the aim was to increase sales of NXG to 500,000 cases.